I have been reading this thread with great interest, and this one w/ the screen captures takes the cake. That is super-cool. I am trying this, pronto. ~kari
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Bryan Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Since the moment I first saw this thread I knew it was going to be a > long one. Dos-Man what distro are you running now? If you want a file > manager that is interesting, tdfsb. Its always play around with it just > because it is what is is. If you want to cd into a directory you just > use the arrows on the keyboard to run into the little orb that > represents the directory and it cd's into it. > > Bryan > > Dos-Man 64 wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 25, 2:06 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:48:05AM -0700, Dos-Man 64 wrote: > >> > >>> On Aug 25, 1:11 pm, Juan Miguel Paredes <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Dos-Man 64<[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> I'm trying mc now. How do I exit the program after I change to the > >>>>> specified directory? If I click "Close Session" on the window title > >>>>> bar, the console window closes. > >>>> The "wcd" utility (http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/) has been around > >>>> for long time, and is compatible with a lot of platforms... I would > >>>> recommend that you try it before developing an ad-hoc script and > >>>> such... Check the screenshots. It's installable on Debian/Ubuntu from > >>>> apt repositories. > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Juan > >>> If you don't mind my asking, what is an apt repository? > >> apt is debian's package manager, and an apt repository is a software > repository used by apt. Just means that debian (and ubuntu and any other > debian-based linux distro) can install the software with "apt-get install > wcd". All the dependencies and everything else will be pulled in and > installed automatically. > > > > > > Ah. Thank you for the info. Well MC would have worked :( > > > > I'll see if I can get the other one downloaded, but that's been really > > the main problem I'm having so far since switching over is with trying > > to download apps and then get them installed and running. I think I'm > > batting .000 actually. Well, you have to hit the ball sooner or later > > so I will keep trying :) > > > > > - -- > A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkqUpzMACgkQh+MLjl5SKYTAqgCdG04Pnv6g7OJN/J1peSe+DzmR > lFYAnAi2b9qukVMWluqIL+//wEkJUfcJ > =Z/qR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
